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comfortingly

comfortingly adverb: in a comforting manner.

Adverb

comfortingly (comparative more comfortingly, superlative most comfortingly)

  1. In a comforting manner.
    • Since Donald Trump’s first term, they have been viewed comfortingly as the “adults in the room,” a last line of defense against the impulsive whims of a president with access to the nuclear codes.2026 May 3, Robert Tait, “‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 May 2026

Forms of comfortingly

comparativemore comfortingly
superlativemost comfortingly

Origin of comfortingly

From comforting + -ly.

Questions about comfortingly

What does comfortingly mean?
Comfortingly means in a comforting manner.
What part of speech is comfortingly?
Comfortingly is an adverb.

Words near comfortingly in the dictionary

  1. comforteth
  2. comfortfic
  3. comfortful
  4. comfortin'
  5. comforting
  6. comfortingly
  7. comfortingness
  8. comfortings
  9. comfortization
  10. comfortize
  11. comfortized

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